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City of Somers Point, NJ
Atlantic County
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[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Somers Point 6-13-1991 as Ord. No. 15-1991. Amendments noted where applicable.]
There is hereby established in the City of Somers Point, County of Atlantic, State of New Jersey, the City of Somers Point Ward Commission.
A. 
Membership of the City of Somers Point Ward Commission shall be as follows:
(1) 
The Municipal Clerk.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The name of the City Clerk initially appointed, which immediately followed this subsection, has been deleted; a copy of original Ord. No. 15-1991 is on file in the office of the City Clerk.
(2) 
Four members of the Atlantic County Board of Elections.[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: The names of the members of the Atlantic County Board of Elections initially appointed, which immediately followed this subsection, have been deleted; a copy of original Ord. No. 15-1991 is on file in the office of the City Clerk.
B. 
The aforementioned members shall serve during their terms of office as members of the Atlantic County Board of Elections.
Compensation of each of the Ward Commissioners shall be as follows: a single stipend of $100 for service as required.
All regularly incurred expenses of the Ward Commission shall be reimbursed upon certification by the Municipal Clerk for expenses incurred by the Ward Commission as a body and upon certification by the individual Ward Commissioner where incurred by an individual member. No individual expense nor any Commission expenditure shall be authorized unless approved by resolution of the Ward Commission. The Ward Commission is hereby authorized to retain the services of a licensed professional engineer or licensed surveyor, as authorized by law.
The Ward Commission shall act in accordance with law. Any portion of this chapter requiring the expenditure of funds shall not be effective until the certification by the Chief Financial Officer of the City of Somers Point of the availability of funds for such purpose is affixed hereto.